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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 18
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Men shall be punished for their own sins—Sinners shall die, and the righteous shall save their souls—A righteous man who sins shall be damned, and a sinner who repents shall be saved.
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The</span> word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me again, saying,
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What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 31: 29; Lam. 5: 7.">grapes</a>, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
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<i>As</i> I live, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, ye shall not have <i>occasion</i> any more to use this proverb in Israel.
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Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Justice; TG Sin.">sinneth</a>, it shall <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Punishment.">die</a>.
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&#182; But if a man be <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Heb. 12: 23; D&C 76: 69 (66-69).">just</a>, and do that which is lawful and right,
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<i>And</i> hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 123: 1.">lifted</a> up his eyes to the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 37.">idols</a> of the house of Israel, neither hath <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/18/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 42: 24 (22-26).">defiled</a> his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/18/6d" mark="d" type="A" title="Lev. 18: 19.">woman</a>,
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And hath not oppressed any, <i>but</i> hath restored to the debtor his <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 22: 26; Deut. 24: 13; Ezek. 33: 15.">pledge</a>, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 34: 28 (18-29).">naked</a> with a garment;
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He <i>that</i> hath not given forth upon <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Usury.">usury</a>, neither hath taken any increase, <i>that</i> hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
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Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he <i>is</i> just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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&#182; If he beget a son <i>that is</i> a robber, a shedder of blood, and <i>that</i> doeth the like to <i>any</i> one of these <i>things,</i>
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And that doeth not any of those <i>duties,</i> but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 20: 10.">neighbour</a>’s wife,
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Hath oppressed the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 13: 14 (14-15); 2 Ne. 28: 13 (12-13); Hel. 4: 12 (11-13).">poor</a> and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
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Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live?  he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 4.">blood</a> shall be upon him.
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&#182; Now, lo, <i>if</i> he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/14a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB like them.">such</a> like,
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<i>That</i> hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife,
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Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, <i>but</i> hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
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<i>That</i> hath taken off his hand from the poor, <i>that</i> hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
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<i>As for</i> his father, because he <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cruelty.">cruelly</a> oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did <i>that</i> which <i>is</i> not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
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&#182; Yet say ye, Why?  doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father?  When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, <i>and</i> hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
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The soul that <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sin.">sinneth</a>, it shall die.  The son shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/20b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Accountability; TG Punishment.">bear</a> the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/18/20c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a> of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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But if the wicked will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Repentance.">turn</a> from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
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All his <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Forgiveness.">transgressions</a> that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
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Have I any <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/23a" mark="a" type="C" title="TG Transgression; Ezek. 33: 11; 1 Tim. 2: 4 (4, 6); 2 Pet. 3: 9; TG Pleasure.">pleasure</a> at all that the wicked should die?  saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>: <i>and</i> not that he should return from his ways, and live?
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&#182; But when the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 3: 20.">righteous</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 12 (12-13, 18).">turneth</a> away from his <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/18/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a>, and committeth iniquity, <i>and</i> doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked <i>man</i> doeth, shall he live?  All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/18/24d" mark="d" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 38.">sin</a> that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
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&#182; Yet ye say, The <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 17.">way</a> of the Lord is not <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/25b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB right, or just.">equal</a>.  Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal?  are not your ways unequal?
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When a righteous <i>man</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Individuals.">turneth</a> away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 15: 33 (32-33); Mosiah 15: 26; Moro. 10: 26.">dieth</a> in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
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Again, when the wicked <i>man</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 14.">turneth</a> away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
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Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
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Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/29a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB right, or just.">equal</a>.  O house of Israel, are not my ways equal?  are not your ways unequal?
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Therefore I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 7: 3 (3, 8); Ezek. 33: 20.">judge</a> you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.  Repent, and turn <i>yourselves</i> from all your <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/30b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Transgression.">transgressions</a>; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/18/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 20: 7.">Cast</a> away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/18/31b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Conversion; TG Heart.">heart</a> and a <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/18/31c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Man, New, Spiritually Reborn.">new</a> spirit: for why will ye <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/18/31d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 11.">die</a>, O house of Israel?
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For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>: wherefore turn <i>yourselves,</i> and live ye.
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